My first experiment with customization! Mrs. Potts took me several days but I'm in love with the outcome. She's made of a teapot, a bowl from a thrift store, and acrylic paints.
The paint is meant for ceramics, so it's safer. It still says not to use it that will be in constant direct contact with food, like the inside of the teapot, but the outside is fine. When you bake it, the paint cures, which makes it less likely to flake off into your food, so you're not ingesting paint.